Did you soak it first in water? Otherwise the tiny holes that caused them would still be working their magic. It's really hard to make holes go away. That's why I pound the outside of the mold with a rubber mallet as the slip is poured inside. You get to learn all the pitfalls on your first two mugs. It took me since August 2010 to find them all! Wendy
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On 2013-09-15 15:49, danlovestikis wrote:Did you soak it first in water? Otherwise the tiny holes that caused them would still be working their magic. It's really hard to make holes go away. That's why I pound the outside of the mold with a rubber mallet as the slip is poured inside. You get to learn all the pitfalls on your first two mugs. It took me since August 2010 to find them all! Wendy

No I'm gonna start doing that. They are hard fill up aren't they. You brush glaze and in a second the whole is there again.

I haven't tried the rubber mallet...if this keeps up I may try a sledgehammer!

On 2013-09-25 13:43, MadDogMike wrote:Awesome, we haven't seen a chimp from you in a while!

Yeah it's been a bit! Thanks Mike!

I hope to have more mugs ready to list in the store in a week or so. After completing my Mars Attacks cards, Topps asked me to work on Star Wars....so I'm in the middle of a bunch of sketch cards for that...after that's done I'll be back on my Shadow Tiki painting!
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